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Randy Pitchford is CEO of Gearbox Software.

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GamesBeat Summit speakers: Randy Pitchford, Shannon Loftis, and Mitch Lasky

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 7, 2020
5 min

GamesBeat Summit 2020 will focus on the latest trends in the gaming ecosystem, and today we’re introducing a trio of speakers who are known...

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Microsoft's Playfab provides live services and infrastructure for games.

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Microsoft’s Game Stack chief: The next generation of games and game development

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 3, 2020
24 min

James Gwertzman started PlayFab to provide cloud-based tools and services for game developers, offloading the server infrastructure grunt work so developers could focus on...

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24 min

"You can't handle corporate synergy of this magnitude."

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Xbox Q2 revenue sinks 21% as Microsoft reloads for next gen

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 29, 2020
1 min

Microsoft’s gaming revenue dropped significantly in the second quarter of its fiscal 2020. Xbox’s Q2 revenue plummeted 21% year-over-year during the three-month period ending...

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Microsoft reports $36.9 billion in Q2 2020 revenue: Azure up 62%, Surface up 6%, and LinkedIn up 24%

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 29, 2020
3 min

Microsoft today reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2020, including revenue of $36.9 billion, net income of $11.6 billion, and earnings per...

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Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, at the company's press and analyst day.

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What AMD’s shipment schedule says about next-generation console timing

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 28, 2020
3 min

Advanced Micro Devices revealed its expected schedule for shipping “semi-custom” chips for game consoles and other devices in 2020, and the results tell us...